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Five bucks says you'll hit a tree....

Classic...apparently, a spectator bet a player 5 bucks they'd hit a tree...think it was Owens or one of the other no-name leaders on Sunday. They said he was trying to get the fan kicked out...never heard anything more. I'd have taken the guy's five bucks...teach him to shut up quickly !!

: : >Classic...apparently, a spectator bet a player 5 bucks they'd hit a : >tree...think it was Owens or one of the other no-name leaders on : >Sunday. They said he was trying to get the fan kicked out...never heard : >anything more. I'd have taken the guy's five bucks...teach him to shut : >up quickly !! : : It was Gavin Coles on the 11th hole. He made double bogey. I think he was : tied for the lead or one shot back when the incident occurred. The "fan" : should have been escorted from the grounds.

No kidding. The line is, "I'll bet you a hundred bucks you slice it into the woods!"

> >Classic...apparently, a spectator bet a player 5 bucks they'd hit a > >tree...think it was Owens or one of the other no-name leaders on > >Sunday. They said he was trying to get the fan kicked out...never heard > >anything more. I'd have taken the guy's five bucks...teach him to shut > >up quickly !!

> It was Gavin Coles on the 11th hole. He made double bogey. I think he was > tied for the lead or one shot back when the incident occurred. The "fan" > should have been escorted from the grounds.

A more experienced player with confidence might have simply taken the bet...seems Coles got quite upset about the whole thing. Man, if this guy wants to play with the big boys he better grow some thicker skin...betcha Big John would have said.."You're on"..and taken the guys money !!

>>>Classic...apparently, a spectator bet a player 5 bucks they'd hit a >>>tree...think it was Owens or one of the other no-name leaders on >>>Sunday. They said he was trying to get the fan kicked out...never

> heard

>>>anything more. I'd have taken the guy's five bucks...teach him to

> shut

>>>up quickly !!

>>It was Gavin Coles on the 11th hole. He made double bogey. I think

> he was

>>tied for the lead or one shot back when the incident occurred. The

> "fan"

>>should have been escorted from the grounds.

> A more experienced player with confidence might have simply taken the > bet...seems Coles got quite upset about the whole thing. Man, if this > guy wants to play with the big boys he better grow some thicker > skin...betcha Big John would have said.."You're on"..and taken the guys > money !!

Correction - "Make it $500 and you're on!" then taken the guys money :-)

*** A more experienced player with confidence might have simply taken the bet...seems Coles got quite upset about the whole thing. Man, if this guy wants to play with the big boys he better grow some thicker skin...betcha Big John would have said.."You're on"..and taken the guys

money !! ***

JD would probably have said you're on... what would actually happen after that... way too many variable so predict. :)

I don't know why, but I never saw so much club throwing and bunker smashing at an event as I did at Houston this week. Wait, I know why! Because Tiger wasn't playing, and it was a very weak field, so people we usually don't see got a lot of air time. Could it be that Tiger is actually above the median when it comes to decorum?

> A more experienced player with confidence might have simply taken the > bet...seems Coles got quite upset about the whole thing. Man, if this > guy wants to play with the big boys he better grow some thicker > skin...betcha Big John would have said.."You're on"..and taken the guys > money !!

Gavin Coles is an angry ant at the best of times, but due to the fact he can't hit over a jam tin and plays straight he should have upped the bet.

I would have taken the bet and poped it 100 yds off the tee. Most likely still would have made par.

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> > A more experienced player with confidence might have simply taken the > > bet...seems Coles got quite upset about the whole thing. Man, if this > > guy wants to play with the big boys he better grow some thicker > > skin...betcha Big John would have said.."You're on"..and taken the guys > > money !!

> Gavin Coles is an angry ant at the best of times, but due to the fact he > can't hit over a jam tin and plays straight he should have upped the bet.

: > No kidding. The line is, "I'll bet you a hundred bucks you slice : > it into the woods!" : > : > There is no excuse for imprecise Caddyshack quotation. : > : : Then what's *your* excuse? The line in Caddyshack is: "I bet you slice into : the woods, a hundred bucks"!